Underhill Communications Group Ltd
Registered name: UNDERHILL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LTD
Underhill Communications Group Ltd made £9.4m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Underhill Communications Group Ltd’s revenue grew 21% to £9.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.4m profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £7.8m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£6m | −£5.2m | −£4.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £2.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £66.8k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £78.8k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £54.4k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £54.4k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 76 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.6% | 0.7% | 14.9% |
| Gross margin | 40.8% | 33.4% | 48.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £102k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £14.9k | £716 | £21.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.5% | ▲20.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼95.8% | ▲2474% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Scientific Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Westheath Investments 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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